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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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